Global Regents Review #5

A nonviolent, public refusal to obey unjust laws.

• Civil Disobedience

• Congress of Vienna

• Sepoy Mutiny

• Appeasement

the study of how society manages its scarce resources

• Geography

• Archaeology

• Economics

• Sociology

An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.

• United Nations

• NATO

• Collective Security

• European Union

a policy of the Soviet government allowing freer discussion of social problems

• 5 Year Plan

• New Economic Policy

• Perestroika

• Glasnost

A policy initiated by Mikhail Gorbachev that involved restructuring of the social and economic status quo in communist Russia towards a market based economy and society

• Glasnost

• Perestroika

• Detente

• 5 Year Plan

(1904-1905) War between Russia and Japan over imperial possessions. Japan emerges victorious.

• World War One

• Cold War

• Russo-Japanese War

• World War Two

The revolt of Indian soldiers in 1857 against certain practices that violated religious customs.

• Boxer Rebellion

• Taiping Rebellion

• Sepoy Rebellion

• French Revolution

an economic concept that states that the price of a good rises and falls depending on how many people want it (demand) and depending on how much of the good is available (supply)

• Supply and Demand

• Invisible Hand

• Malthusian Theory

• Equitable Trade

Symbolic heart of Chinese politics; site in Beijing of protests and a massacre in 1989.

• Tiananmen Square

• Red Square

• Trafalgar Square

• Hong Kong

A scientist who examines objects to learn about the human past.

• Archaeologist

• Geologist

• Sociologist

• Economist